Azure Job Trends in the East of England

Microsoft Azure
England > East of England

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the East of England requiring Azure skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 20 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
20 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 10 8 8
Rank change year-on-year -2 0 -2
Permanent jobs citing Azure 649 472 423
As % of all permanent jobs in the East of England 8.00% 14.00% 9.38%
As % of the Cloud Services category 46.96% 52.74% 41.72%
Number of salaries quoted 450 360 288
10th Percentile £27,500 £26,250 £31,100
25th Percentile £33,750 £31,250 £42,188
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +16.67% -10.00% -
75th Percentile £69,688 £61,250 £65,000
90th Percentile £87,750 £73,250 £76,775
England median annual salary £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
% change year-on-year +8.33% -4.00% -

All Cloud Computing Skills
East of England

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in the East of England.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 1,382 895 1,014
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the East of England 17.03% 26.55% 22.48%
Number of salaries quoted 959 646 613
10th Percentile £28,000 £26,250 £27,050
25th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +5.56% -14.29% +5.00%
75th Percentile £67,500 £61,250 £68,750
90th Percentile £90,000 £76,250 £78,750
England median annual salary £64,000 £60,000 £63,500
% change year-on-year +6.67% -5.51% -2.31%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in the East of England

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Azure relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in the East of England.

Azure job vacancy trend in the East of England

Azure
Salary Trend in the East of England

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the East of England citing Azure

Azure
Salary Histogram in the East of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Azure in the East of England over the 6 months to 20 September 2026.

Salary histogram for Azure in the East of England

Azure
Job Locations in the East of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the East of England region over the 6 months to 20 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Hertfordshire +1 205 £59,500 +8.18% 87
Essex -2 149 £40,000 - 63
Cambridgeshire -17 131 £53,000 +51.43% 105
Suffolk +31 76 £34,750 -30.50% 31
Norfolk -2 61 £55,000 +10.00% 31
Bedfordshire -22 26 £38,250 +12.50% 31
Azure
England

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in the East of England by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 109 (16.80%) SharePoint
2 53 (8.17%) Microsoft Exchange
3 11 (1.69%) WordPress
4 6 (0.92%) Apache Airflow
5 4 (0.62%) Apache Spark
6 3 (0.46%) IIS
6 3 (0.46%) SAS
7 2 (0.31%) Confluence
7 2 (0.31%) Luigi
8 1 (0.15%) CMS
8 1 (0.15%) Headless CMS
Applications
1 45 (6.93%) Microsoft Excel
2 11 (1.69%) Microsoft Office
3 4 (0.62%) Chatbot
4 1 (0.15%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 1 (0.15%) MS Visio
4 1 (0.15%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.15%) Trello
Business Applications
1 4 (0.62%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.31%) Infor M3
2 2 (0.31%) NetSuite
2 2 (0.31%) Towers Watson Igloo
3 1 (0.15%) Dynamics NAV
Cloud Services
1 206 (31.74%) Microsoft 365
2 122 (18.80%) Entra ID
3 94 (14.48%) Power Platform
4 84 (12.94%) Azure AI
5 74 (11.40%) Azure DevOps
6 69 (10.63%) AWS
7 66 (10.17%) OneDrive
8 35 (5.39%) PowerApps
9 33 (5.08%) Power Automate
10 28 (4.31%) Azure Logic Apps
11 25 (3.85%) GitHub
12 23 (3.54%) Azure Data Factory
13 22 (3.39%) Azure Service Bus
14 20 (3.08%) Dynamics 365
14 20 (3.08%) GCP
15 17 (2.62%) Azure Cosmos DB
15 17 (2.62%) SaaS
16 16 (2.47%) GitHub Copilot
17 15 (2.31%) Adobe Creative Cloud
17 15 (2.31%) Microsoft Copilot
Communications & Networking
1 76 (11.71%) Firewall
2 69 (10.63%) DNS
3 53 (8.17%) DHCP
4 52 (8.01%) VPN
5 38 (5.86%) TCP/IP
6 18 (2.77%) Wireless
7 15 (2.31%) MQTT
8 12 (1.85%) VLAN
9 11 (1.69%) Internet
9 11 (1.69%) Network Security
9 11 (1.69%) VoIP
9 11 (1.69%) WAN
10 10 (1.54%) LAN
11 8 (1.23%) PBX
12 6 (0.92%) Wi-Fi
13 4 (0.62%) DMZ
13 4 (0.62%) Structured Cabling
14 3 (0.46%) Broadband
15 2 (0.31%) SSL
15 2 (0.31%) WLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 100 (15.41%) Azure SQL Database
2 73 (11.25%) Power BI
3 56 (8.63%) MongoDB
4 32 (4.93%) Tableau
5 29 (4.47%) SQL Server
6 26 (4.01%) Elasticsearch
7 14 (2.16%) Data Warehouse
8 11 (1.69%) Relational Database
9 7 (1.08%) Data Lake
10 5 (0.77%) PostgreSQL
11 4 (0.62%) Amazon Redshift
11 4 (0.62%) MySQL
12 3 (0.46%) BigQuery
12 3 (0.46%) Looker
12 3 (0.46%) Metadata
12 3 (0.46%) Milvus
12 3 (0.46%) Snowflake Schema
12 3 (0.46%) SQL Server Reporting Services
13 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Analysis Services
13 2 (0.31%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 22 (3.39%) Git
2 11 (1.69%) JIRA
3 5 (0.77%) Visual Studio
4 4 (0.62%) Selenium
5 3 (0.46%) Cypress.io
5 3 (0.46%) git-flow
5 3 (0.46%) MLflow
5 3 (0.46%) Terragrunt
6 2 (0.31%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.31%) Yeoman
7 1 (0.15%) ERwin
7 1 (0.15%) GitLab
7 1 (0.15%) JMeter
7 1 (0.15%) Postman
7 1 (0.15%) Rational DOORS
7 1 (0.15%) REST Assured
7 1 (0.15%) Visual Studio Code
7 1 (0.15%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 302 (46.53%) Social Skills
2 60 (9.24%) Finance
3 27 (4.16%) Analytical Skills
4 14 (2.16%) Legal
5 13 (2.00%) Law
5 13 (2.00%) Marketing
5 13 (2.00%) Retail
6 12 (1.85%) Influencing Skills
7 11 (1.69%) Public Sector
8 10 (1.54%) Organisational Skills
9 9 (1.39%) Documentation Skills
9 9 (1.39%) Games
10 6 (0.92%) Advertising
11 5 (0.77%) Inclusion and Diversity
11 5 (0.77%) Telecoms
12 4 (0.62%) Music Industry
13 3 (0.46%) Aerospace
13 3 (0.46%) Aviation
13 3 (0.46%) Banking
14 2 (0.31%) Digital Economy
Job Titles
1 150 (23.11%) Developer
2 112 (17.26%) IT Support
3 99 (15.25%) Analyst
4 82 (12.63%) .NET Developer
5 79 (12.17%) Support Engineer
6 78 (12.02%) IT Engineer
7 68 (10.48%) Senior
8 66 (10.17%) Junior
9 65 (10.02%) IT Support Engineer
10 61 (9.40%) Junior Analyst
11 34 (5.24%) Security Analyst
12 33 (5.08%) Lead
13 32 (4.93%) Network Engineer
13 32 (4.93%) Senior Developer
14 30 (4.62%) Data Analyst
15 29 (4.47%) Azure Engineer
15 29 (4.47%) Infrastructure Engineer
16 28 (4.31%) Cybersecurity Analyst
16 28 (4.31%) Graduate
16 28 (4.31%) Junior Security Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 119 (18.34%) .NET
2 96 (14.79%) .NET Core
3 78 (12.02%) ASP.NET
4 77 (11.86%) ASP.NET Core
5 59 (9.09%) CSS
6 56 (8.63%) RESTful
7 54 (8.32%) HTML
8 35 (5.39%) Entity Framework
9 34 (5.24%) React
10 30 (4.62%) ML.NET
11 28 (4.31%) Blazor
11 28 (4.31%) Node.js
12 24 (3.70%) Terraform
13 22 (3.39%) AngularJS
14 21 (3.24%) ASP.NET Web API
15 20 (3.08%) Vue
16 19 (2.93%) Kafka
16 19 (2.93%) Microsoft Graph
17 18 (2.77%) HTML5 Canvas
18 17 (2.62%) FastAPI
Miscellaneous
1 41 (6.32%) Onboarding
2 40 (6.16%) Driving Licence
3 32 (4.93%) Cloud Native
4 28 (4.31%) Cyberattack
5 15 (2.31%) Management Information System
6 14 (2.16%) Self-Motivation
7 11 (1.69%) Legacy Systems
7 11 (1.69%) Security Posture
8 10 (1.54%) Enterprise Software
9 9 (1.39%) Cyber Threat
9 9 (1.39%) Hybrid Cloud
10 7 (1.08%) CCTV
10 7 (1.08%) iPhone
11 6 (0.92%) Data Structures
11 6 (0.92%) Digital TV
11 6 (0.92%) Legacy Code
11 6 (0.92%) Mobile App
11 6 (0.92%) PKI
11 6 (0.92%) Product Ownership
12 5 (0.77%) BBC
Operating Systems
1 156 (24.04%) Windows
2 88 (13.56%) Windows Server
3 16 (2.47%) Linux
4 14 (2.16%) Windows Server 2019
5 13 (2.00%) Mac OS
6 12 (1.85%) Apple iOS
7 11 (1.69%) Android
8 9 (1.39%) Windows 10
9 2 (0.31%) Unix
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2012
9 2 (0.31%) Windows Server 2016
10 1 (0.15%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 140 (21.57%) AI
2 132 (20.34%) Cybersecurity
3 121 (18.64%) Agile
4 98 (15.10%) Mentoring
5 96 (14.79%) DevOps
6 86 (13.25%) Problem-Solving
7 81 (12.48%) Full-Stack Development
8 77 (11.86%) Business Intelligence
8 77 (11.86%) CI/CD
9 75 (11.56%) Continuous Improvement
10 56 (8.63%) Machine Learning
11 52 (8.01%) Infrastructure Engineering
12 42 (6.47%) Roadmaps
13 40 (6.16%) Cloud Security
13 40 (6.16%) Service Delivery
14 39 (6.01%) Computer Science
15 37 (5.70%) Containerisation
16 36 (5.55%) ITIL
16 36 (5.55%) Migration
16 36 (5.55%) User Experience
Programming Languages
1 200 (30.82%) SQL
2 145 (22.34%) C#
3 105 (16.18%) Python
4 59 (9.09%) PowerShell
5 56 (8.63%) JavaScript
6 39 (6.01%) TypeScript
7 19 (2.93%) PHP
8 12 (1.85%) C++
9 10 (1.54%) Java
10 9 (1.39%) Bicep
11 8 (1.23%) T-SQL
12 5 (0.77%) Rust
13 4 (0.62%) Bash
13 4 (0.62%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 3 (0.46%) Ruby
14 3 (0.46%) Scala
15 2 (0.31%) Go
16 1 (0.15%) Shell Script
16 1 (0.15%) VB
Qualifications
1 159 (24.50%) Azure Certification
2 75 (11.56%) Degree
3 37 (5.70%) Cisco Certification
4 35 (5.39%) CompTIA Security+
5 30 (4.62%) CCNA
6 28 (4.31%) CEH
6 28 (4.31%) CompTIA CySA+
6 28 (4.31%) Computer Science Degree
7 27 (4.16%) Network+ Certification
8 26 (4.01%) Microsoft Certification
9 15 (2.31%) Security Cleared
10 9 (1.39%) SC Cleared
11 8 (1.23%) DBS Check
11 8 (1.23%) DV Cleared
12 7 (1.08%) CCNP
13 5 (0.77%) (ISC)2 CCSP
13 5 (0.77%) CISSP
14 3 (0.46%) A+ Certification
14 3 (0.46%) CCSK
14 3 (0.46%) ITIL Foundation Certificate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 30 (4.62%) QA
2 27 (4.16%) GDPR
3 26 (4.01%) SLA
4 21 (3.24%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 18 (2.77%) Data Quality
6 13 (2.00%) Cyber Essentials
6 13 (2.00%) NIST
7 8 (1.23%) NCSC
8 7 (1.08%) Cyber Essentials PLUS
9 6 (0.92%) Accessibility
9 6 (0.92%) PCI DSS
10 5 (0.77%) GRC
10 5 (0.77%) JSP 440
11 4 (0.62%) ISO/IEC 42001
11 4 (0.62%) PMO
12 3 (0.46%) California Consumer Privacy Act
12 3 (0.46%) NIST 800
13 1 (0.15%) HL7
13 1 (0.15%) IFRS
13 1 (0.15%) SOC 2
System Software
1 143 (22.03%) Active Directory
2 38 (5.86%) Docker
2 38 (5.86%) Hyper-V
3 31 (4.78%) VMware Infrastructure
4 17 (2.62%) Virtual Desktop
5 10 (1.54%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (0.62%) Microsoft Virtual Server
6 4 (0.62%) Virtual Servers
7 2 (0.31%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 79 (12.17%) Microsoft Intune
2 42 (6.47%) Kubernetes
3 6 (0.92%) SCCM
4 5 (0.77%) Ansible
5 3 (0.46%) Proxmox
5 3 (0.46%) ZABBIX
6 2 (0.31%) Active Directory Federation Services
6 2 (0.31%) Single Sign-On
7 1 (0.15%) Grafana
7 1 (0.15%) Nessus
7 1 (0.15%) Prometheus
Vendors
1 458 (70.57%) Microsoft
2 80 (12.33%) ForeScout
3 49 (7.55%) Cisco
4 36 (5.55%) VMware
5 26 (4.01%) Apple
6 21 (3.24%) Google
7 15 (2.31%) Adobe
8 13 (2.00%) Facebook
8 13 (2.00%) Meraki
9 10 (1.54%) ServiceNow
9 10 (1.54%) Ubiquiti
9 10 (1.54%) Veeam
10 9 (1.39%) Databricks
11 7 (1.08%) Fortinet
11 7 (1.08%) SonicWALL
12 5 (0.77%) Sony
12 5 (0.77%) Yahoo!
13 4 (0.62%) Citrix
13 4 (0.62%) Epicor
13 4 (0.62%) SAP